Stop the sex industry from advertising pornography and prostitution services to children.

One of the tactics predators use to groom children for sexual abuse is exposing them to pornography. Yet the Ad Standards Board permits the sex industry to target children in advertisements for pornography and prostitution services.

Despite industry codes that require advertisers to treat sex, sexuality and nudity with sensitivity to the relevant audience, the ASB have consistently defended the ‘rights’ of the sex industry to target children by advertising porn sites and sex industry venues in the public space.

We’ve just had a Government Inquiry into the harms of pornography exposure to children. There is a wealth of research documenting the damaging impact of pornography on the attitudes and sexual practices of young people, including a massive increase in children as young as five entering treatment programs for sexually abusive behaviours, and child on child sexual assaults that have quadrupled in the last few years. Pornography has become a public health crisis, yet the Ad Standards Board continues to justify its promotion to children.

Time and again, the ASB has failed- failed women, failed children, and failed to prioritise community wellbeing over its own financial interests. They have proved they cannot be trusted to regulate themselves. Enough is enough.

We are calling on Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield to put a stop to this. Stop the sex industry from advertising pornography and prostitution services in public spaces.

We need to protect our children from a highly sexualised and dangerous society. It was not like this in the 80’s, I now have to be very careful where I take my kids to go shopping. Highly sexualised ads and nudity should NOT be allowed in public spaces

Rebecca McQueen signed
via Coralie Alison2017-09-23 21:27:28 +1000

Julia Sparrow signed
2017-09-19 10:08:52 +1000

Sahar signed
2017-09-16 19:43:07 +1000

Anne Bergen signed
2017-09-14 16:28:48 +1000

Hayley Smith signed
2017-09-13 22:03:18 +1000

I made a complaint to the ASB regarding inappropriate advertising on the side of a car for a local sex shop that was in full view of my young children as we were leaving our carpark. I was sent a reply email saying that the case had already been previously dismissed as it did not breach any of the codes?!?! I want to know who sits on this board!